In an interview one week after starting his new job, Cam Ward, Director of The Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles said Pardons and Paroles can play a key role in helping fix what he says is still a “broken” criminal justice system.
New Alabama paroles director: Bureau part of fix for ‘broken’ criminal justice system - al.com
A resent report indicates that in 2020,Alabama’s deadly, overcrowded prisons, already under threat of a federal takeover, will become even more crowded, largely due to a dramatic reduction in the number of paroles being granted.
Parole Reductions Worsen Prison Overcrowding